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2012 Update from the CEO — Velocity, execution and focus Sergey and I founded Google because we believed that building a great search experience would improve people's lives and, hopefully, the world. And in the decade-plus that's followed, we've been constantly delighted by the ways …

By The Numbers: Larry Page's First Year as Google's CEO — Google has historically been paranoid about any numbers it publicly releases. For many years even after it was publicly traded, the management triumvirate including Larry Page had to personally approve any numbers the company issued to the public …

Shutting down spammers — Twitter continues to grow at a record pace — we now have 140 million active users and more than 340 million Tweets each day. As our reach expands, we become a more attractive target for spammers. While spam is a small fraction of the incredible content you can find on Twitter …

Facebook Picks Nasdaq for I.P.O. — Facebook, which is preparing for its highly anticipated initial public offering, has picked a home. — The social network will list its shares on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol “FB,” according a person familiar with the matter, who demanded anonymity because the discussions were private.

Apple's Highest Priority Is Obviousness — Good piece from Sebastiaan de With, riffing on my bit last week regarding the tension between simplicity and obviousness. But I gently disagree with this: … Apple has started using gestures more widely, but they're not requiring them.

Wall Street Examines Fine Print in a Bill for Start-Ups — Wall Street is examining whether it will benefit from a little-known section of a broad new law that President Obama is expected to sign on Thursday. — Provisions tucked into the so-called JOBS Act, or the Jumpstart Our Business Startups …

Actually, Arianna Huffington Has Been Demoted — Despite a story in today's New York Times headlined: “Huffington Gains More Control in AOL Revamping,” Arianna Huffington has in recent weeks seen a “narrowing” of her job at AOL, a source close to AOL tells us.

Spotify's subscriber growth disappoints — Spotify's US performance has been less than rocking, according to sources who say the digital music service has been under-delivering in terms of subscribers. — It has been nine months since Spotify debuted in the US and was hailed as a coming music revolution …

Samsung: We're still not into 3D smartphones — By now you may have already seen a handful of “leaks” on Samsung's imminent Galaxy S III, but if you ask us, they all smell like a cruel prank on anticipating fans. As far as we're concerned, the only reliable tidbits so far are the GT-i9300 …

Red Hat, IBM sign on for OpenStack — Two tech powers — IBM and Red Hat — are ready to officially bless OpenStack's open source cloud project. — The news — which should come next week or the week after at the OpenStack Spring Conference — is a big boost to OpenStack …

Next-gen Chromebooks built on faster Ivy Bridge chips? — It looks like Google will fulfill its promise of faster Chromebooks by using Intel's Sandy Bridge and imminent Ivy Bridge processors, a big step up from the current Atom-based products. — Chromebooks run Google's Chrome OS …

BlackBerry Maker Loses More Senior Executives — A number of senior-level executives at BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. have left the company in recent days amid a broad review of the company's strategic options, according to people close to the firm.